Background

Dr. Ilham Akbar Habibie Co-Founded Mitra Energia Ltd. in 2004. Dr. Habibie is Owner of PT Ilthabi Bara Utama and serves as its President and Director. He has also been the Chief Executive Officer and President of a number of aerospace and other companies which he founded. He served as a scientist and lecturer at the Technical University of Munich for seven years. He went on to work as an engineer at Boeing Commercial Airplane Group in the United States, from 1994 to ... 1996. While working in the United States, he assisted the President Director of Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara ('IPTN') the state-owned aerospace company in Indonesia, on the N2130 Regional Jet Program. Since 1996, he served as Executive Vice President and Program Manager for Regional Jet Division of IPTN, subsequently the Executive Vice President of the Airplane Business Unit and then the Operation & Commercial Executive Vice President until 2000. He left PT. Dirgantara Indonesia in June 2001 to pursue his career in the private sector. From 1996 to 1998, he served as also the assistant to the Chairman of Badan Pengkajan dan Penerapan Teknogi ('BPPT') for Aeronautics and Advanced Technology. Since 2002, he has held senior positions at a number of Indonesian companies in the private sector, including Chief Executive Officer and President Director of PT. Ilthabi Rekatama and Commissioner of PT Citra Tubindo tbk. He owns 50 per cent. of Ilthabi Ltd., of Ilthabi Sdn Bhd. As well as its stake in Mitra (prior to Mitra's acquisition), Ilthabi Sdn Bhd also has an investment in Aviation Support Ltd. His professional career has straddled both academia and the business sector including time with the Technical University of Munich, Germany, Boeing in the United States, Bandung Institute of Technology and P.T. IPTN in Indonesia. He has been an Independent Commissioner of PT Intermedia Capital Tbk since 2013. Dr. Habibie serves as a Non-Executive Director of Hichens, Harrison (Asia) Ltd. He served as a Non-executive Director at Sound Oil Plc from July 12, 2006 to December 12, 2012. He qualified as an Engineer in Germany in 1987. He holds a PhD in aeronautical engineering from the Technical University of Munich and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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